S L Gutwein
@gutwein.bsky.social
Litigator for governmental entities and of governmental disputes (also all shades of benefits) | lover of the dormant Commerce Clause, French Bulldogs, a good memoir, great music, excellent writing, hot yoga, honesty, integrity, & action | mom x2 🤍 | tired
Thank you for calling it like you see it. What a way to repay women voters, particularly the non-white ones (especially the Black women) who have carried this party (along with too much other stuff) on their backs for far too long.
November 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Thank you for calling it like you see it. What a way to repay women voters, particularly the non-white ones (especially the Black women) who have carried this party (along with too much other stuff) on their backs for far too long.
Excellent.
BREAKING: Judge Immergut issues a permanent injunction against Pete Hegseth and the deployment of the National Guard to Portland.
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storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 8, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Excellent.
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The many monarchs of Europe, the slaver's Confederacy, the Kaiser, the Nazis, the Italian fascists, Imperial Japan and many more all assumed that because liberals value peace and human life, that they were weak and feckless and easily beaten.
Go look for them now.
Go look for them now.
I think fundamentally the problem with post liberal thinkers is that they seem to assume that vanquishing liberalism results in their enemies being converted or defeated and not becoming radicalized into enemies who no longer extend the mercies they once did.
October 31, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The many monarchs of Europe, the slaver's Confederacy, the Kaiser, the Nazis, the Italian fascists, Imperial Japan and many more all assumed that because liberals value peace and human life, that they were weak and feckless and easily beaten.
Go look for them now.
Go look for them now.
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More amazing news!
In a historic move, New Mexico just became the first state in America to guarantee free, universal child care for all residents. 🩵
Families win, kids thrive, and the economy grows.
Now let’s get the entire U.S. to follow suit.
In a historic move, New Mexico just became the first state in America to guarantee free, universal child care for all residents. 🩵
Families win, kids thrive, and the economy grows.
Now let’s get the entire U.S. to follow suit.
November 6, 2025 at 3:29 AM
More amazing news!
In a historic move, New Mexico just became the first state in America to guarantee free, universal child care for all residents. 🩵
Families win, kids thrive, and the economy grows.
Now let’s get the entire U.S. to follow suit.
In a historic move, New Mexico just became the first state in America to guarantee free, universal child care for all residents. 🩵
Families win, kids thrive, and the economy grows.
Now let’s get the entire U.S. to follow suit.
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I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
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it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
I read this and assumed it was about baseball (what with bullpens clearing and whatnot) and still think it holds water.
There should be a guy one each team whose only job is to fight. Like when the queen chooses a knight to fight in her name.
November 2, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I read this and assumed it was about baseball (what with bullpens clearing and whatnot) and still think it holds water.
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November 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
clearsky.app can reveal many interesting things
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Um...actually you should have this one because it is the book that discusses Cow Tools and it's origins 🤓
July 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Um...actually you should have this one because it is the book that discusses Cow Tools and it's origins 🤓
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stellan skarsgård seems like a good dude
October 27, 2025 at 11:48 PM
stellan skarsgård seems like a good dude
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Presumably another one of those shell bills for use with a discharge petition in the future.
October 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Presumably another one of those shell bills for use with a discharge petition in the future.
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funnily enough in my copywriting classes, i teach about why negation sucks
i teach:
pain: problem
negate: say “not / no longer [ problem ]” — weak and unpersuasive, links “problem” to your brand
obliterate: destroy the problem verbally. paint a clear picture of the world without the pain
i teach:
pain: problem
negate: say “not / no longer [ problem ]” — weak and unpersuasive, links “problem” to your brand
obliterate: destroy the problem verbally. paint a clear picture of the world without the pain
October 27, 2025 at 2:32 AM
funnily enough in my copywriting classes, i teach about why negation sucks
i teach:
pain: problem
negate: say “not / no longer [ problem ]” — weak and unpersuasive, links “problem” to your brand
obliterate: destroy the problem verbally. paint a clear picture of the world without the pain
i teach:
pain: problem
negate: say “not / no longer [ problem ]” — weak and unpersuasive, links “problem” to your brand
obliterate: destroy the problem verbally. paint a clear picture of the world without the pain
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The energy we need is this suburban dad standing out in the street -- barefoot with Blackhawks pajama pants on -- screaming at the masked goons to get the fuck out of their neighborhood.
October 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The energy we need is this suburban dad standing out in the street -- barefoot with Blackhawks pajama pants on -- screaming at the masked goons to get the fuck out of their neighborhood.
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This (moderate) level of racial competency is VERY rare for someone of this demo; white folks should’ve been listening to and learning from people like this for decades.
Sadly, it’s too late to dismantle racism, now. Racism has won.
White America chose it instead of a hyper-qualified Black Woman. 🙁
Sadly, it’s too late to dismantle racism, now. Racism has won.
White America chose it instead of a hyper-qualified Black Woman. 🙁
October 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
This (moderate) level of racial competency is VERY rare for someone of this demo; white folks should’ve been listening to and learning from people like this for decades.
Sadly, it’s too late to dismantle racism, now. Racism has won.
White America chose it instead of a hyper-qualified Black Woman. 🙁
Sadly, it’s too late to dismantle racism, now. Racism has won.
White America chose it instead of a hyper-qualified Black Woman. 🙁
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Thank you, Chicago.
October 25, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Thank you, Chicago.
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This. The president can't extort corporations to pay essentially taxes to him personally so that he can use that money at his personal discretion to do government work.
It flies under the radar because it is overwhelmed by the sheer repulsiveness of the physical destruction of the east wing, but there is no way that a president should be allowed to use private money to change public property. It circumvents the power of the purse.
October 23, 2025 at 12:47 AM
This. The president can't extort corporations to pay essentially taxes to him personally so that he can use that money at his personal discretion to do government work.
The last sentence makes me so sad for the state of our affairs.
Two Trump-appointed judges of the Ninth Circuit let Trump send the troops into Portland, pausing another Trump appointee's TRO.
The only non-Trump appointee denounces the "political theater" behind the deployment, calling for an en banc review to stop it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The only non-Trump appointee denounces the "political theater" behind the deployment, calling for an en banc review to stop it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The last sentence makes me so sad for the state of our affairs.
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#BREAKING The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refuses to undo an order blocking deployment of National Guard troops within Illinois.
"We conclude that the district court's factual findings … were not clearly erroneous, and that the facts do not justify the President's actions in Illinois."
"We conclude that the district court's factual findings … were not clearly erroneous, and that the facts do not justify the President's actions in Illinois."
October 16, 2025 at 7:23 PM
#BREAKING The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refuses to undo an order blocking deployment of National Guard troops within Illinois.
"We conclude that the district court's factual findings … were not clearly erroneous, and that the facts do not justify the President's actions in Illinois."
"We conclude that the district court's factual findings … were not clearly erroneous, and that the facts do not justify the President's actions in Illinois."
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"The period of time during which White youth are not expected to be fully responsible for their actions can extend well into their late 20s. By contrast, Black children are often treated as adults by age 13, if not well before."
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October 15, 2025 at 11:43 PM
"The period of time during which White youth are not expected to be fully responsible for their actions can extend well into their late 20s. By contrast, Black children are often treated as adults by age 13, if not well before."
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After trading messages w/many readers, I pulled together a post on how to find trustworthy news sources. The bad news: It means a LOT more work for consumers. READ: https://loom.ly/lG92xgs
October 13, 2025 at 9:46 PM
After trading messages w/many readers, I pulled together a post on how to find trustworthy news sources. The bad news: It means a LOT more work for consumers. READ: https://loom.ly/lG92xgs
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I thought this was lovely.
October 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I thought this was lovely.
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Okay. Well, if Trump is going to attempt legal end-arounds like federalizing the NG of GOP states to send them to Dem states over the objections of governors and courts, I think the Democrats should just keep the federal government shut down indefinitely.
October 6, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Okay. Well, if Trump is going to attempt legal end-arounds like federalizing the NG of GOP states to send them to Dem states over the objections of governors and courts, I think the Democrats should just keep the federal government shut down indefinitely.
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Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?
October 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?